primary
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The PIA, or Primary Insurance Amount, is the basis for the complex calculations used to calculate each beneficiary’s payments.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Head teacher Craig Brown, of Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School in Ferryhill, has signed up to the scheme and will begin offering the free club later this month.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Primary election ballots will begin hitting California voters’ mailboxes in just a few weeks, and Swalwell’s campaign had been gaining steam and financial support that may now be up for grabs by other candidates.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Following the success of the pilot, Holmer Lake, John Randall, Windmill Primary, Woodlands Primary and William Reynolds will now also host the clubs.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Primary thoroughfares have a way of persisting through the indignities of time—though Manhattan Island has been entirely resurfaced by human hands, the old Indian trail through it persists as Broadway.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 2
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